Sofa bed



A. PETTERSEN SOFA BED Filed June 14. 1923 jhrmr'or fiFerr-zrsan PatentedEat. 31), 1924.-

UNITED STATES PTET FFIQE.

SOFA BED.

Application filed June 14, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT PET'rERsEN, a subject of the King of Norway,of Greaaker Station, Norway, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sofa Beds; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The present invention relates to a sofa bed of the type where the backas well as the seat is pivoted so as to swing on horizontal axes, andwhere the rear side of the back forms a mattress which is brought intoposition for use when the back is pivoted forwards.

The main feature of the invention consists therein that the seat of thesofa is rigidly connected with the front piece thereof, the latter beingpivoted at its lower edge so that the seat is placed in a substantiallyvertical position on the floor when the front piece is turned forwards.The rear edge of the sofa seat will then point upwards and form asuitable side wall for the bed.

The invention also comprises a number of constructive features whichwill be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is an end view and Fig. 2 a plan illustrating the mattress tiltedforwards for use as a bed.

Serial No. 645,412.

The back piece 1 is pivoted on trunnions 2 at its lower edge. On therear side the mattress 3 is placed together with the bed clothes. 40

When the back piece is in the upright position illustrated in Fig. 1,the bed clothes are secured in position by means of bails 4 and 5 whichare pivoted at each end of the mattress and which are secured inposition by means of hooks 6, 7 or the like.

The bails 4, 5 which may be covered by fabric or the like may be adaptedto form footpiece and headpiece of the bed when placed in an uprightposition. Seat 8 is rigidly connected with the front piece 9 of thesofa, said front piece being pivoted on hinges 10 at its lower edge insuch a manner that when the front piece 9 is turned forwards, the seat 8will come to rest in a substantially vertical position on the floor withits rear edge uppermost.

Behind the back the sofa may be provided with a cover of fabric or thelike ll.

Claim:

In a sofa bed a pivoted back provided with a mattress on its rear side,a front piece pivoted at its lower horizontal edge, and a seat rigidlyconnected to said pivoted front piece in such a manner that when thefront piece is turned forwards, the seat will rest in a substantiallyvertical position on the floor with its rear edge uppermost.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name.

ALBERT PETTERSEN.

